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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
a Phiiadeiphia Saloon Keeper Ha.
Draft.

a saloon-keeper named Terrence
=. Lynch, at the s. K. cor. Of 1Ith
ana Locust Sts., some weeks ago WAS
asked to take ticket in the Nav
drawing OF The Louisiana State ~.
terry and was knocked aback bv tba
,nLormatlon ,1;r, that ticket No. Is, ,776. Of
winch he held one-tenth had drawn
the Capital Prize of $3.50 1000. His I
draft for the money was placed in the
nands na OF the Third National Bank of
IT[,lhiladelphia, FL and was promptIvnaid
inns IS the third Capital Prize ~
Slo0,,0O0, fractions of which have been
PAD within the past three months
n,.,,E ~ ,fEnlliadeiphia. Philadelphia 7cle-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
Forgot the Horse.

Dakota Bell: "Did you catch
im?" inquired Western Dakota
woman OF her husband, as he returned
nom going with the vigilantes after
man who had stolen a horse form
"You bet we did"
but where's the hoss he stole ?,
Mell; l swar-I'll be doggoned ef
we dldn,t ferget to fetch it back with
us! But, great guns, you orter seed
Ine way the feller swung and kicked /
!, ! wish the children had been along
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
A Cruel Old Man.

Puck: Young man Ito sexton at
ly done?u oii near
sexton-About an hour vet; he is
only on his "Lastly.D Ae 20
Young man-Will 1t take him an
nour 70 get through his Lastly
Sexton-No; but there's .One
word more and Pm done.u and fbe
FINALLY" and the "In conclusionS
to come yet. Don't be impafient
young man. Your girl won't spoil
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
Worked Hard for His Money.

New Nork Sun: "1t's $lO0 I'm
your pocket" whispered the defend
ants lawyer to the juror, ''if you
can bring about verdict of man.
slaughter in the second degree"
Such proved to be the verdict anil
sne !, lawyer thanked the juror warm
iy .ss as ne paid him the money.
YES" said the Juror a,t 81.
tough work, but / got fbora' ~ was
acquittal." "one Ia Tor
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
Another Editors Testimony.

Ringworm has broken out on ms
every summer for four wears. Three
years ago large sore formed on the
Dack OF my neck that became the
size OF q silver dollar. 1t finally
spread all around my nose and would
not dry up. Last summer / tooly
several bottles of s. 8. s., which soon
permanently dried up the sore. and
l have had no eruption since.
CHAs. III. PRATT.
PALATKA, FLA, Jan. 20, 1857.
From the Lady ofthe House.
For over ten years had dyspepsia.
l tried every known kind OF med
icine and every first-class physician
could get, near; all failed. A few
months ago my husband, who had
been cured OF a twenty years. case of
the same disease, s. s. s.. began fo
treat me with it. After l had taken
i've bottles / felt like new woman
Inc dyspepsia was gone, and all feel
ing OF lassitude had disappeared. and
1 1eel built up anew. Your medicine
Is household remedy in my family.
ana l would not be without II for
more than 1t costs. It would be hard
10 tell which has the most faith in n
me or my husband; but we both re-,
gard 1t the greatest Of all med;cines.
MRS. b. F. LIGHTFooT.
FORT GAINES, GA, Dec. 8, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and skin Die
eases mailed free.
The 1xvfff gy,aosGa r. n
Atlanta, Ga. .
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
Health Marks,

A bright eye, clear skin, glowing
features, animated expression, and q
quick, firm step. These are all Sc
cured by using DIR. Harter's Iron
Tonic. avn
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

flight, 'Oui
Make me child again, just for tonight >.
Is the exclamation, in thought, OF
many a man who has suffered
through a long life, from some dis.
tressing disease, that he might have
cured with a few bottles of medicine
IKE Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical
discovery" which cures all blood
and skin diseases, as well as con-
sumption or scrofula of the lungs
Ii ne were "a child again." he would
know enough to have bottle of the
Discovery tonight" and in old AGE
would not implOre Father Time To
my backward" for his special benefit
Hence, BE wise to-day, tits madness
70 defer" Get "a bottle Of the nearest
druggist.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

.t,,Iish LIE snisgef the parasol the more
S:., SS.y,isn ils bearer. The parasol OF 10.
mgay needs an athlete to csrrv n
Lnsy should match the toilet even n
70 do so they must be made esS o,,t ~
Scotch tweed. ~ 'Ai' W
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

II generally happens that insane
men at large have good guns and
know how to use them.-fNew Or
leans Picayune.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

Love isaqueer disease. Maybe that
= Wny Sd many young people like to
investigate it.--[Somerville Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

Discussing Mr.. Sherman's trade
against the Democratic party the ST
Louis Republican says; -
For six years the Republican Marty
mas had control of the Senate with
senator Sherman to help it. and has
JAILED to pass bill to reduce the s,,ra r
Pius. That surplus is the product Of
Republican revenue legislation MOI
q single revenue law enacted bv tba
Republicans has been changed fnr r
the reason that Democrats conId not
change 1t. They have had control f If
only one House of Congress. while
thelr opponents have had control ~
the other. Senator Sherman il held
TO De the chief authority in his nartu %
on matters of finance and revenus
but, although he has been in the Sen,
ate for the last six years with marty
majority behind him and for \ nor,
ton OF the time with a RepublIcan
PRESIDENT in the White House. he has
uone nothing whatever to relieve tbe
country Of the excessive taxation I'M
posed under the regime of his party.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

Lovers are the best autorities ON
sighcology.-lLpwell Citizen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

A correspondent makes an my
ioas inquiry OF the Atlanta Const,t,,-
non. lie says: at is a comnann
thing in some parts Of the city to see %,
men walking in the direction of GER
tam localities known as "down in the
noilow." Although though thew
start out in apparently vigorous
nealth 1t has been observed Chat when
tney returned they walked with tot-
t,ering steps and with manifest ten
et. asllcv 20 occupy both sides of the
street at once. Sometimes thev feel
so unwell that they have to sit down
on the side walk and 60 IA sleen
Some of the symptoms are malar;aI
is 1t possible that the malariol on
solne OF our back streets is SO power-
iui that 1t seizes strong men in their
ggrip ana suddenly overcomcs them ,
me matter should be looked intou
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16
Gen. Sherman on the Middle.

ST.. LOUIS, June 1.-General John
A. Noble and Colonel D. Z. Dyer, Two
prominent members of the g. A. r. of
this city, received long letter to-day
from General Sherman, in which he
discusses at some length the recent
muddle regarding the invitation to
President Cleveland to visit st. Louis
during the grand army encampment
next fall. The material points of the
letter are as follows: 1.-The rumor of
your troubles in st. Louis reached me
by telegraph, and has lost nothing by
distance. 1 believe we here in New
York now understand the facts, that
the Grand Army of the Republic holds
its next annual encampment at st.
Louis on the last Wednesday of Sep
TENDER, 1887; that the great fair of the
valley of the Mississippi begins Mon
day, October 2; that the best citizens
of st. Louis have invited many promi-
nent men to be the guests of their city
on the accidental coincidence of these
two important events, among these the
president of our common country.
Grover Cleveland, his family and suite.
The Grano Army of the Republic is
composed exclusively of men who |
served in the army and navy of the
unien, to which Mr.. Cleveland does
not belong, and therefore he cannot
in any of its proceedings;
but the moment the Grand Army
smerges from its hall of deliberation it
becomes like the Free Mason, Odd
Fellows, and other societies of good
men associated for noble purpose, a
art OF the general community, subject
o the laws and usages of that cemmu-
lity. Mr.. Cleveland is the president
+ the United States, by fair election
I all our people, cOmmander-in-chief |
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

The other day, when Grover Cleve-
land emerged from the woods and
slipped down to Washington, he took
care not to pass through Malone, the
home of eX-Vice President Wheeler.
He also was observed to studiOusly
avoid looking at the cemeteries, in
which the little flags and the flowers
still remained to designate the graves
of dead soldiers Topeka Common
1Uedlb.
The fiue to the Bakery is full of
SCOT and smut, and their fuel of sticks
that sends out so often columns of
smoke, must be dipped in concentrated
lye, ere, according to their ideas, is
properly prepared to be run in the
forms that formulate their Common
,Cealb of daily prepared sour grape
pie, for the devoted admirers of this
bakery, that has been issuing this
monotonous diet since March 4, 1885
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16
Playing Marbles for the Senate.

Bubby Perry and Sonny Bloxham
were two good little boys that were
deeply enamored of the same little girl.
whose name was Flora Day. Long
they strove in generous rivalry for the
honor of carrying her lunch basket to
school and fighting the flies away from
her when she sat down to rest after
jumping the rope at recess. 1t puzzled
FlOrry's little head to decide between
them. She could have been happy
with either If the other had been away.
She gave both locks of her hair-dead
loads of locks, in fact, and loads of
dead locks-but it did not ease the
difficulty of the situation. They still
strove for her preference, and she was
still unable to say which one she pre-
ferred. Finally, for the sake of pre-
serving peace in Miss Florry's family.
Bubby Perry and Sonny Bloxham held
a conference and resolved that, as she
was so very particular, they would both
go of and play marbles by themselves
and let her see how it felt to have no
little sweetheart; and while they were
doing this boy named Chappie Pasco
walked off with little Florry Day.
And this, my children is the way they
make United States senators down in
sunny Florida. L Chicago Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

One of our humorous writers makes
the following hit on a certain class of
travellers: I'm the morning is a good
time to find out how many people have
succeeded in getting on the passenger
train who ought to be in the stock car.
Generally you will find one male and
one female. The male goes into the
wash room, bathes his worthless car
cass from daylight until breakfast time,
walking on the feet of any man who
tries to wash his face during that time.
lie wipes himself on nine different
towels, because when he gets home he
knows he will have to wipe his face OH
an old door mat. People who have
been reared on hay all their lives gen.
orally want to fill themselves full of pie
and colo when they travel.
If you never rode in vanished car
before, and never expect to again, you
will probably roam up and down the
car, meandering over the feet of the
porter while he is making up the berths.
This is good way to let the people see
just how little sense you had left after
your brain began to soften.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

Secretary Bayard's position on the
subject of immigration from Ireland is
entirely sound. He declines to make
any rule regarding immigrants without
means, beyond that laid down by the
law. The Government will take care,
through special Investigations, to pre-
vent the landing of foreign contract
labor" and that persons liable to be-
come public charges are not landed at
our ports without giving the security
required by law. The recent action of
Collector SaltOnstall on this subject
establishes a precedent that will be
closely followed, and which should dis
pei all apprehensiOns of injury to
American industry through unauthOr-
lied immigratiOn.-StGr.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

long years. He, John, dear John, is SC
loyal you know, because, with his Jaw.
he fights the 3rigadiers. How he fights
for ioyalfJ! No, he is fishing for the
presidential nomination, but the bait he
IS using he stole-stvle it like thief at
night, for when William T. was in
the fishing business he forced live
rebels to squirm on his hook, and
he captured secession and landed it
high and dry upon the solid lock
of our constitution, where it lay pant
ing and bleeding,a and finally died. But
Johnny has no live reb with musket
loaded with cartridge, that took nerve
to bait the hook with. He never
was known to search for that kind of
bait, so he sneaks up and steals a
bloody shirt from the grinning skele-
tons, that have been bleaching for
twenty-five years, and shouts his
loyalty, and has caught few suckers
and crabs, and he has landed them
high and dry; so high that their
forms are almost as invisible as their |
souls upon a dry and dreary waste, a |
place fit for only such uncharitable,
soulless creatures, a gang of modern
,hylocks- They are hungering and
.hirsting after the pound of flesh, but
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16
The Virginia Election.

The Republicans can examine the re-
turns from the Virginia election with
great satisfaction. Republican candi-
dates for county offices have been elect
ed in eight or nine counties that never
had a Republican official before. 1t is
becoming palmer every day that careful
work and vigorous campaign in 1888
are liable to place the Old Dominion in
The Republican columnS.-PhiLa.N North
american.
And Democrats can afford to ex-
anime them with even greater salts
faction, for Democratic candidates
were elected in a still larger number of
counties that were not Democratic be-
fore; since nearly all the Republicans
elected were elected on citizens tickets
rather than as Republicans, and since
the general result shows a Democratic
gain and profound satisfaction,
throughout the Old Dominion, with
President Cleveland and his course.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16
THE G.. A. r. MIDDLE.
The Abilene Post Makes a Break
that will Tend to Break up the
Organization.

Resolutions Highly Disrespectful to the
President. Gen. Sherman, one of the
Best and Bravest Soldiers of the
War, Writes Letter to the Commit
tee of Arrangements. A Conserva-
tive and Sensible View of the Situa-
ton. A Strong Rebuke to the Ex-
tremiStS.
Resolved, BY Abilene Post, No. So,
that in the language of Lincoln Post,
No. l, Of Topeka, which we cannot i'm
prove upon, we protest against the in
suit thus offered the old soldiers COM
posing the G. A. R., after being invited
to st. Louis as its guests, and the in
vitatiOn has been accepted, st. sLouis
violates all known principles of.hospi-
tally by thus invitingIan unwelcOme
guest, and Abilene Post prefcrs.to stay
at home, rather than participate in such
reunion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

The Philadelphia North Anler1cdn
says: There is one good reason why
the press and people should stop accus-
ing the Order of the Knights of Labor
of being inclined to socialism or worse.
The new constitution of the Order is
even more stringently drawn against
the interests of the liquor traffic than
the old one. Liquor dealers are ex-
Guided from membership, and the sale
of liquor is prohibited at all social gath
erings. How can it lie possible for an
Order with these constitutional princi-
pies to drift into anarchy?
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16
Sherman and the Shirt.

The Scranton Republican and othe
contemporaries of the same faith seen
disposed to believe, or pretend to, tina
Democratic criticisms of John Sher
mans Springfield speech are inspired
by fear that their effect upon the senti
ment of the country will be detrimental
to Democratic prospects.
That is a comforting belief, if il
really is belief, which must be doubt
ed. But it is not well founded belief
nevertheless. The average intelligent
Democrat has been disposed for some
time to think that John Sherman would
make a stronger candidate than James
q. Blaine, or than any other man whose
name has been mentioned in connec.
ton with the Republican nomination
But nobody is quite fool enough to feal
that such utterances as those he ven
tured at Springfield would add to his
formidability. John Sherman, nor any
other man, big or little, can revive sec
tional hatreds in this country. The
war is over. The Union has been main
tanned. The mistakes and enmities of
the past lie buried with the past.
General A. G. Griffin was the orator
on Memorial Day at Keene, n. II.
Here are two specimen paragraphs from
his Grafton: ...
The old bitterness lin the South to-
ward the North has almost wholly dis
appeared. Men who fought with de-
termination to destroy each other. now
fraterniZe in the closest friendship and
vie with each other in their devotion to
reunited nation.
Let us not fail to do our part toward
cultivating friendly relations. 1t is
greatly to be regretted that some news
papers and individuals on each side oc-
casionally indulge in sectional filings
and spiteful vilifcations, for it is worse
than folly to keep up sectional jealousy
and i'll feelings.
This exemplifes the spirit, convic-
tons and purposes of true patriots,
North and South. There are some
lesser Shermans here and there, but
the boys who did the fighting have, as
the New York Herald expresses it.
''hung their hatred on the same peg
that holds their muskets." 1t has not
been noted perhaps, that it was a well
known active Republican worker in
this county who, on Memorial Day,
read, both at Forty Fort in the morning
and Hollenback cemetery in the after
noon, the touching lines often printed:
1.-The Blue and the Gray"
The Bourbon Bloody shirt candidate
is not a candidate for the Democrats to
be afraid of in 1888, for the bloody
shirt is not going to win in 1855. John
Sherman has certain strength greater
than Blaine's in the pivotal state of |
New York, but it is because the prop
erty-holding class would rather trust |
him than man of reckless vagaries !
like Blaine, and the less John Sherman |
has to say in perpetuation of the bloody |
shirt. the longer that greater strength |
viii abide with him. Wakes Barre
Pa Leader.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

The prohibitory law is likely to be
defeated to some extent in Maine.
Michael Burns, a liquor dealer Of
Augusta, has brought to that city from
Liverpool a large invoice of foreign
distilled spirits which he offers at
wholesale and retail. The United
States protects all persons importing
liquors from foreign countries from
prosecution under state laws, for sell
ing in unbroken packages. When the
general government and all the states
unite in a prohibition law, then prohib-
itiOn will prohibit.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

to say any thing farther in the interest
of Kansas than has already been said
by every paper published in the state,
and many papers published elsewhere,
that are edited by men who have paid
Kansas visit and become infatuated
with her many charms. But man
who cannot find something new, pleas
ing and useful every day in different
portions of the state, must have the
blind staggers, and better stagger out
of the state. New and startling dis
cOveries are made of the hidden treas
ures, that lie buried beneath the end
less treasure of rich and productive
soil that covers nearly the entire sur
face within her borders. New veins
of coal, superior salt wells, natural
gas wells for domestic and manufac-
turing purposes, large deposits of fire
brick and pottery clay, Fock quarries of
all grades and qualities, endless quanti-
ties of gypsum rock, and other geolog-
ical discoveries too numerous to men
ton. Her magnificent water power
on various streams :. is being daily
brought into use.
Located in the exact centre of the
United States we have right to call
ourselves the hub state of the Union.
Three great Trunk lines, extending
from ocean to ocean, pass through
Kansas, the fourth is being built. We
are on the great highway of the North
west to the Gulf and Southern states.
Our climate is all that could be
desired, half way between blizzard
swept Dakota and Minnesota, and the
burning heat of the south. We have
neither of the extremes. Half way
between the Atlantic and the Pacific,
we skip the cold ocean breezes, half
way between the miasmatic MisSiS-
sippi bottoms and the high and dry
peaks of the Rockies, we have the
healthiest, purest air in this great
country that has such diversity of
climates. We are not only in the CEN
tire of the Union, but in the very CEN
tre and heart of prosperity and success.
Id dStru per aSpera, Ito the stars
through difficulty" We not only
reached the stars, but we are the CEN
tire star of the SO stars, that to-day,
like the stars of Heaven, are gazed at
with wonder, by the inhabitants of the
globe. AT the hub of the Union we
are warranted in the assertion that
thirty seven spOkeS are each increas-
ing the strength and magnifcence of
the hub. by voluntarily contributing
to the same, her Sturdiest sons and
daughters, and the boarded wealth they
tired of. Her fellO(e)ws are eager to
invest in enlarging the wonderful
remunerative hub that absorbs all, not
in devilfish sort of a clutch, but,
feeds, takes care of .fattens and thrives,
each one and all alike. The hubs axle
is creased by millions of bushels of
grain, hundreds of thousands of cattle,
hogs, sheep, &C., and ineXhauStible re-
sources that never will cease to pro-
duce and yield fourth abundantly,
and the horn of the plenty, strictly
Kansas institution, win always re-
main with her people until all man
kind are gathered to their fathers by
one prolonged blast of Gabriel's horn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

John and William write and talk
| quite different. John would have
made splendid sutler, or a drum.
major in the state militia, to lead an
attack on field of mullen stalks, His
record would equal that ola few men,
beers of some of our posts, who did the
fighting during the war in their minds.
John, and his feeble imitators, are not
the soldiers who fought where the Eat
tie was the iercest, and the shot and
shell were doing Their deadly work.
There Is a few, and only few, of the
true soldiers who endorse John Sher-
man, while William Tecumseh is now
called "a crazy old crank" by that class
of men.
William 7. Sherman, the man who
walked through the heart of rebellion
dom and thrust his blade in the very
heart of treason, to-day is ridiculed be-
cause he is not loyal enough, but John,
dear John, who has walked through the
heart of fat offices and plucked the
shekels hanging thereto, and was al
ways and forever loyal to every scheme
that was to enrich and fatten the capt.
talist and monOpolists, and thereby rob
the masses, the man that has helped |
to pluck from the great majority of his
countrymen the God-given rights that
William Tecumseh fought SO heroically
for on the field of battle, for nearly fiveI
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-16

The farms of Kansas are more pro-
ductive than all the gold and silver
mines in the United States. The total
gold and silver product of all the mines
of this country for the year 1886 was
SS6, 100000. The totalvalue Of Kansas
farm products for 1856 was over $780,
100000, or 40 per cent more than the
total mine product of the United States
for the same period.